Junior and Community College Research, Texas, 1980-81. The 1981 Research Report to the Texas Association of Junior and Community College Instructional Administrators.

Texas Association of Junior and Community Coll. Instructional Administrators.

Reports and abstracts are presented for research conducted during 1981 on community college education in Texas. Four institutional research reports are provided first: an evaluation of the effectiveness of the developmental studies program at North Harris County College; a study of retention patterns at Amarillo College by Stanley Adelman and Kay Henard; a survey of part-time faculty at Austin Community College (ACC) by Susan Reid and Sula Hurley; and a study of the economic impact of ACC. Next, short summaries are presented for six additional studies: (1) a statewide assessment of college presidents' attitudes toward faculty collective bargaining by Joseph Birmingham; (2) an analysis of the problems of community college freshmen by Joe Rode; (3) a study of the effects of a mediated program of instruction in helicopter pilot training by Robert Hotes; (4) an investigation of perceptions of leadership behavior held by deans and directors of student personnel services by David Parker; (5) a statewide study of classified staff decision making in policy determination, administration, and working conditions; and (6) a comparison of self-perceived leadership styles of female administrators and the perceptions of their subordinates. The titles of relevant University of Texas at Austin dissertation titles are listed prior to a report by the Texas Association of Junior and Community College Instructional Administrators Research Committee. (KL)